Eligible residents on Saturday headed to the two temporary vaccine clinics and, for the third day in a row, doses were claimed quickly.
Although the clinics were open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, by morning the Department of Public Health and Social Services reached capacity at both the clinics, according to spokeswoman Janela Carrera.
The agency implemented a ticket system, providing tickets to people in line to ensure they reserved a dose. The Joint Information Center announced Friday night that 700 ticket numbers would be given to people 60 years old and older at the Okkodo High School temporary vaccine clinic Saturday and another 200 tickets would be given to residents 60 years old and older at the Inarajan clinic.
Two days down, one more to go. We returned to the vaccination clinics where the Department of Public Health carried out the administration of the Pfizer vaccine for Phase 1A covering healthcare worker
With the 350-dose limit reached before noon Friday at Okkodo, Carrera said Public Health diverted 150 residents to Guam Regional Medical City for vaccinations. GMRC was allocated 150 doses of vaccine for those residents.
The Okkodo clinic Friday morning was able to provide the second required shot to health care workers who received their first shot in December, Carrera said.
The Guam Police Department restricted the traffic line for Okkodo, allowing cars to line up only on southbound Marine Corps Drive, turning right onto Route 3. Cars could not line up northbound on Marine Corps Drive.
Homebound vaccinations
Public Health on Monday is scheduled to begin giving in-home vaccinations tohomebound residents 60 and older, by appointment.